Te’o's Handlers Failed Their Client
Whether Manti Te'o was the innocent yet naive victim of an elaborate hoax or had purposely taken advantage of the situation for his own benefit is now irrelevant. Chapter two in the life of Hawaii's...
View ArticleTime To Make Peace With Fab Five
It was more than a bit strange, the speculation whether Chris Webber would attend the NCAA Men's Basketball Final. He did, but in an atypical way. If not for CBS cameras staking out the parking...
View ArticleThe Five ‘Majors’ Of Hawaii Golf
Hawaii boasts a billion-dollar golf industry that includes 90 courses, millions of local and visiting participants and junior programs equal to more populous and well-heeled areas. What it doesn't...
View ArticleCollins Not A Gay Man, Just A Man
Phillip Parker was 14 a year ago when he hung himself in the bathroom of his foster parents' home. After years of physical and emotional abuse at the hands of his classmates, the high-schooler killed...
View ArticleApple’s Dire Warning Has Merit
The University of Hawaii has an identity problem. Regardless of the strides made in research and the increased enrollment of Native Hawaiians into the system, the state's flagship university is seen...
View ArticleA For Apple In Debt Payoff Approach
A month ago University of Hawaii chancellor Tom Apple announced he would ask the Board of Regents to forgive the athletic depart-ment's $13 million debt as part of a plan to fix the department's...
View ArticleViolence A Major Problem For NFL
Commissioner Roger Goodell may not want to talk about it, but the NFL has an image problem. Since 2013 became official, 34 active roster members have been arrested, and not just on minor marijuana...
View ArticlePGA Putter Ban Is Bad Business
It is often possible to ruin something in the effort to make it better. This seems to be a regular occurrence in technology where 2.0 is invariably worse than 1.0, and the intended improvements for the...
View ArticleIchiro’s Legacy Not Hits, But Impact
Pete Rose is correct. Ichiro Suzuki cannot surpass him as the Major League's all-time hit king because his 1,278 hits in Nippon Professional Baseball don't count toward the U.S. big league record....
View ArticleGetting A Leg Up On Man Cred
As I lay anxiously awaiting the siren call of surgery, I came upon a universal truth: Injuries can give a guy some serious man cred. They also can destroy reputations if the wrong ones occur. Back...
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